Dick Turpin (TV series)

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Dick Turpin
Genre	Historical Drama Comedy
Created by	Richard Carpenter Paul Knight Sydney Cole
Starring	Richard O'Sullivan Michael Deeks Christopher Benjamin David Daker
Theme music composer	Denis King
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	31
Production
Producers	Paul Knight Sidney Cole
Running time	30 min. approx
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	6 January 1979 (1979-01-06) – 6 March 1982 (1982-03-06)
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Dick Turpin is a British television drama series starring Richard O'Sullivan and Michael Deeks. It was created by Richard Carpenter, Paul Knight and Sydney Cole and written by Richard Carpenter, John Kane, Charles Crichton and Paul Wheeler. It was made by Gatetarn, Seacastle productions in-association with London Weekend Television between 1979 and 1982. Twenty-six half-hour episodes and one feature-length episode were filmed on location at Maidenhead in Berkshire, England.

The series is loosely based on the adventures of the real 18th century highwayman Dick Turpin.